Issue - meetings

(i)        to note the information provided and the actions in place to manage the impact of EU Exit on the Council’s workforce; and

(ii)       that a Service Update be circulated to members of the Committee regarding EU Exit Workforce implications relating to workforce statistics associated with Bon Accord Care; to seek information about whether the Council could assess the potential applied for status (settled or pre-settled) of Non-UK EU staff; and to include further detail obtained from Exit Interview feedback, providing any and all of this information was available and would not be considered insensitive to current staff.  

With reference to article 10 of the minute of meeting of Council of 17 December 2018, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which provided an impact assessment on the Council’s workforce in terms of the UK leaving the EU.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee note the information provided and the actions in place to manage the impact of EU Exit on the Council’s workforce.

Officers had circulated correspondence to members of the Committee prior to the meeting, which referred to paragraph 3.84 of the report, advising that a paper released by the Home Office outlined the following new information:-

          “You will not be required to undertake retrospective checks on existing EU employees when the UK transitions to the future skills-based immigration system.”

In this regard, officers would seek clarity from COSLA on the details and implications of the statement, and would circulate a Service Update to members as soon as it had been made available.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to approve the recommendation; and

(ii)      that a Service Update be circulated to members of the Committee regarding EU Exit Workforce implications relating to workforce statistics associated with Bon Accord Care; to seek information about whether the Council could assess the potential applied for status (settled or pre-settled) of Non-UK EU staff; and to include further detail obtained from Exit Interview feedback, providing that any and all of this information was available and would not be considered insensitive to current staff.